Boat Building and Repairing

What the Numbers Say About Boat Building and Repairing

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Boat Building and Repairing occupation (OPM code 4717): 38 people, headcount down -9.5% versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.

Boat Building and Repairing pays $75,581 per year on average, 31.2% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 3.5% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 11.3 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family (code 47) groups Boat Building and Repairing together with 9 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Boat Building and Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Boat Building and Repairing makes up 0.2% of the 16,562 employees across the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, ranking #7 of 10 occupations in that family by headcount.